Lucario

Template:Lucario Lucario (Japanese: ルカリオ Rukario) is a Fighting/Steel-type Pokémon introduced in Generation IV.

Biology

Physiology

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Lucario

Lucario is a jackal-like Pokémon that nears four feet in height (3'11" exactly). It stands on two feet like its pre-evolved form Riolu. Lucario is a dog/wolf-like Pokemon, with a few kangaroo-like characteristics as well. Though similar in appearance to Riolu, Lucario has some notable differences. Its forepaws are black and it has large pointed spikes in place of the oval shaped bumps on Riolu. There is also a third spike in the middle of its chest. Lucario's ears and muzzle are longer in comparison to Riolu but it retains the black "mask" and red eyes. The "mask" also has an added upper stripe. It also has four black sensory bundles on the back of its head opposed to Riolu, who only had two and were previously located on the side of its head. Additionally, Lucario's torso is covered in yellow fur.

Known as the Aura Pokémon, Lucario are sensitive to a special type of energy called Aura. The black appendages on the back of its head are used to detect the Auras of creatures and objects around it. With its ability to sense the Auras in all things around it, it can navigate and track through telepathic methods. They can also guide the waves of an Aura in an offensive manner to create small balls of energy such as Aura Sphere. Lucario are also able to understand human speech; it is said that Lucario can also speak it, though only Sir Aaron's Lucario has been shown to do so and only through telepathy. Lucario has a high attack stat and is also very fast, but its defense has more often than not been its undoing.

Evolution

Lucario is the evolved form of Riolu. Riolu evolves into Lucario by leveling up with high friendship during the day. Lucario can evolve into its Mega form in Pokémon X/Y, during battle, with the Mega Stone known as Lucarionite.

Game Info

Game Locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Diamond and Pearl	Evolve Riolu	None
Platinum	Evolve Riolu	None
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Evolve Riolu	None
Black and White	Evolve Riolu	None
Black 2 and White 2	Evolve Riolu	None
X and Y	Receive from Korrina Evolve Riolu	One None
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Trade	None

Pokédex Entries

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Stats

• Lucario
• Mega Lucario

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Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration IV
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal
1	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special
1	Quick Attack	40	100%	30	Normal	Physical
1	Foresight	–	–%	40	Normal	Status
1	Detect	–	–%	5	Fighting	Status
1	Metal Claw	50	95%	35	Steel	Physical
6	Counter	–	100%	20	Fighting	Physical
11	Force Palm	60	100%	10	Fighting	Physical
15	Feint	50	100%	10	Normal	Physical
19	Bone Rush	25	80%	10	Ground	Physical
24	Metal Sound	–	85%	40	Steel	Status
29	Me First	–	–%	20	Normal	Status
33	Swords Dance	–	–%	30	Normal	Status
37	Aura Sphere	90	–%	20	Fighting	Special
42	Close Combat	120	100%	5	Fighting	Physical
60	Dragon Pulse	90	100%	10	Dragon	Special
65	Extreme Speed	80	100%	5	Normal	Physical
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM/HM

TM/HM	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
TM03	Water Pulse	Water	Special	60	100%	20
TM04	Calm Mind	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM05	Roar	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	85%	10
TM08	Bulk Up	Fighting	Status	—	—	20
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	—	100%	15
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM18	Rain Dance	Water	Status	—	—	5
TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
TM29	Psychic	Psychic	Special	90	100%	10
TM30	Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	80	100%	15
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	50	80%	10
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM43	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM59	Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	90	100%
TM60	Drain Punch	Fighting	Physical	60	100%
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
TM66	Payback	Dark	Physical	50	100%	10
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	30
TM78	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
TM79	Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	80	100%	15
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM83	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90%	15
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM91	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100%
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
HM08	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20

• Moves in bold text show that the move receives a STAB.

Sprites

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Mega Evolution Sprites

Front	Back
Front (Shiny)	Back (Shiny)

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Lucario's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Lucario is also available as an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It is unlocked when it is met in the Subspace Emissary, or by playing a certain amount of VS matches. Most of its attacks are imbued with aura. Ironically, Lucario does not use any moves like Metal Claw, but uses its down smash in a fashion similar to Dark Pulse.

Lucario's attacks in Brawl are:

• Standard Special - Aura Sphere
• Side Special - Force Palm
• Up Special - Extreme Speed
• Down Special - Double Team
• Final Smash - Aura Storm

Subspace Emissary

Lucario's appearance in the story mode The Subspace Emissary is fairly late in the game. Lucario meditates atop an icy peak when he is approached by Meta Knight, who has climbed the mountain alongside the Ice Climbers to reach his stolen ship the Halberd, which is approaching. Lucario challenges Meta Knight to a fight, and the player chooses one or the other to play as in the duel. The winner revives the other, and the two of them become friends. Lucario joins Meta Knight in Infiltrating the Halberd, where he discovers Solid Snake hiding in a cardboard box. Meta Knight then gets ready to fight Snake, but Lucario senses that Snake is a good guy, and halts Meta Knight from attacking Snake. Lucario also senses enemies nearby and signals Snake to join the now-trio.

Lucario is next seen fighting a false Peach and a false Zelda made from Shadow Bugs. Meta Knight, Lucario, and Snake defeat the false princesses and set the real ones free. Lucario also aids Fox, Falco, Zelda, Peach, and Snake in the battle against Duon, while Meta Knight reclaims the ship.

After this, he joins the others to battle Master Hand in subspace. However it is revealed that a powerful creature named Tabuu had been manipulating Master Hand and his associates. He uses his Off Waves to turn all heroes into trophies (except Ganondorf, whom he used a different attack to beat), Bowser (who was trophified by Ganondorf), Master Hand (who is defeated by Tabuu but is not turned into a trophy) and anyone who is already a trophy.King Dedede's pins bring back Luigi and Ness (who in turn revive King Dedede) and Kirby, who is separate from them but comes back because he ate one of King Dedede's pins. King Dedede convinces Bowser to help them, while Link and Zelda (if found) bring back Ganondorf who goes to fight Tabuu. If Lucario is saved he will go to the Great Maze to battle the heroes shadow clones (of every hero who is in subspace excluding Sheik (another form used by Zelda), Zero Suit Samus (Samus is wearing her power suit when she enters subspace) and Red's Squirtle and Ivysaur (when used he always starts with Charizard in story mode)), any bosses that have been fought and Tabuu himself. After they make it to Tabuu he is weakened by the destruction of his wings (by Sonic) which prevents him from turning everyone into trophies. When defeated Tabuu is destroyed and the world returns (except the floating isle because so many bombs went off in one area, so close together).

Quotes

Lucario is able to seemingly speak English in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and oddly doesn't say its name like other Pokémon as it is actually using telepathy to communicate through its thoughts.

• "Watch the power of Aura!"-using his Final Smash
• "It's not over!"
• "Behold the Aura!"
• "The Aura is mine!"

Voiced By English: Bill Rogers

Nintendo 3DS / Wii U

Lucario as he returns in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.

Lucario returns in the next Super Smash Bros. sequel called Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, it appears as a default character. His Final Smash is Mega Evolving, similar to Charizard.

Appearances

Anime

Main articles: Lucario (MS008), Maylene's Lucario, and Cameron's Lucario

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Gym Leader Maylene and her Lucario

Lucario's first appearance in an episode from the main series was in Lost Leader Strategy!, under the ownership of Maylene, the Veilstone City Gym Leader. Maylene's Lucario was used again in the next two episodes Crossing the Battle Line! and A Triple Fighting Chance!, where Maylene battled Dawn in a match and Ash in a Gym Battle.

Another Lucario was used by Riley on Iron Island, being the only Steel type on the island who could resist the machine that Team Galactic was using to drive Steel type Pokémon crazy. Lucario's resistance to the machine was due to a combination of willpower and its strong connection to Aura.

During the Unova League Vertress Conference, Cameron's Riolu evolved into a Lucario during a battle against Ash.

Korrina's Lucario appeared in Mega form in The Aura Storm!.

Lucario also makes a small cameo in the opening theme songs "Unbeatable," "Battle Frontier," and "Together".

• Lucario (MS008)
• Riley's Lucario
• Maylene's Lucario
• Cameron's Lucario
• Korrina's Lucario
• Gurkinn's Lucario
• Nate's Lucario

Movies

Lucario as seen in Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Lucario has a lead role in the movie Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew. Lucario is considered a legend from olden times to the town where he appears in front of Ash Ketchum and his friends, and mistakes Ash for his old friend Sir Aaron due to his similar aura. At one time in the past, Lucario was going to try and help Sir Aaron save a castle, but Aaron trapped him in his Aura staff which made him think that Sir Aaron had betrayed him.

Voiced By: Japanese: Daisuke Namikawa/ English: Sean Schemmel

Trivia

• Lucario is the second non-legendary Pokémon to be in the central role in a Pokémon movie, the first being Unown and the third being Zoroark.
• Lucario is one of the only Pokémon (the others being Cubone, its evolved form Marowak, and Mandibuzz) to learn a bone-based attack. It creates a bone-shaped object from Aura to use the attacks.
• Lucario is the only non-legendary Pokémon to appear in the opening of the movie, The Rise of Darkrai.
• Lucario is the second playable Pokémon to speak English, the first being Mewtwo in Super Smash Bros. Melee (the English version of the game removed Mewtwo's spoken lines).
• Prior to Generation V, no other Pokémon had the same Fighting-Steel type combination as Lucario. Another one, namely Cobalion, was introduced in Generation V.
• Lucario is the only non-legendary boss in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia to guard a gem. It appears in the mission: "Get the Blue Gem!".
• Lucario is one of the few Pokémon in the anime that actually died and it is also interesting to note that all of the other Pokémon that died were Legendary. The first was Celebi in Pokémon 4ever, but was later brought back to life by many other Celebi. The second was Latios in Pokémon: Heroes and Lucario was the third. Darkrai was apparently the fourth (but it was seen standing on top of a tower during the final seconds of The Rise of Darkrai). So really, Lucario is the second Pokémon that actually dies in the anime and stays dead.
• Though Lucario more physically resembles a dog or type of canine, it has a few cat-like traits. For example, Lucario has slit eyes, like most house cats do. It's also possible that it has retractile claws, as it can learn attacks such as Metal Claw, Hone Claws, and Shadow Claw. Its agility and balance matches that of felines. In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, it is shown perched on a very thin piece of ice, then agily jumps down, landing on its feet.
• It's likely to be aesthetically based on Anubis (an Egyptian god of death who was believed to have the head of a jackal).
• In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, due to Pokémon having both of their abilities if they have multiple ones, Lucario's Inner Focus ability prevents flinching which does prevent Lucario's other ability, Steadfast, from activating in this matter; however, if Lucario eats a X-eye seed, the crossed-eyed effect will still activate Steadfast.
• Although most Steel types have higher Attack than Special Attack, most Fighting types have higher Attack than Special Attack, and prior to Generation IV, all Steel type moves and Fighting type moves were physical, Lucario actually has higher base Special Attack than Attack. Cobalion has a base Attack and Special Attack of 90.
• Lucario is one out of the four Steel-type Pokémon to speak English in the anime.
• Lucario was the first Pokémon shown to achieve Mega Evolution.
• Lucario was one of the first Pokémon to be featured in Pokkén Tournament. The other two being Blaziken and Machamp.
• Lucario, despite being a Generation IV Pokémon, debuted in Generation III along with Bonsly and Weavile in Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.

Origins

Lucario's name possibly derives from a part of the word orichalcum in Japanese (oriharukon), when spelled backwards. Orichalcum is a legendary metal and might have a relation to Lucario, since it is a Steel-type Pokémon. Another less likely theory is that part of Lucario's name could be based off of the Egyptian capital city, Cairo. Lucario's appearance may be based on the Egyptian god of death, Anubis, who has the head of a jackal.

Gallery

Lucario's artwork in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U.

The official artwork of the Mega Lucario battling against the Mega Mewtwo Y in Pokémon X and Y.

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data

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